The 3121 Report: Butter
Dear Prince,

Can I be your lyric page turner at your shows? Because obviously that is the best place to be -- front and center and my face in the face of your guitar. Please. Those strings must have DNA entertwined on those chords the way you played today. Looking all fine in a magenta-purple-suit-with-orange-stitching-and-silk-high-collared-shirt-to-match. Like we didnt notice! Even tho I could go through the THREE HOUR SET with song by song list, there will be others to praise those funky intimate gems that you sprung on the crowd. Oh, yes, the crowd. Did you see them? Well you probably didn't see (brace yourself for some name dropping here) P Diddy dressed in a sharp grey suit conducting himself gentlmanly, or Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton playing high school word games. There were quite a few people in the small space oddly reminiscient of 3121. Candles all mood enhancing and lighting invoking some bedroom eyes. If there we re a little more wattage you would've seen Jay Z and Beyonce in a black and white ensemble partying with Kellis and Nas, the uber cool couple (Kellis sported a tres cool gold grill on her bottom teeth with earrings to match) or Scarlett Johanssen who came in late and had to squeeze in between Petra Namacova (the Sports Illustrated model) and Brian Grazer (The DaVinci Code producer). I know you saw ?uestlove of the Roots since you invited him up for an extended jam.

Yes Prince. The bodies lined up in a sycnhopated groove even tolerated BET's Stephen Hill's rendition of PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC WHITE BOY! Ah yes, even Maxwell had to look twice at that scene.

When you put on a show like that you can't be too surprised to find the resume of Paige Turner in between JOY IN REPETITION and ANOTHERLOVERHOLEINURHEAD.

Thanks for an incredible night.

Respectfully,
VB
[Edited 6/17/06 19:21pm]

These are the worst reports ever. And what the hell does any of that shit have to do with the Prince performance?

I swear they have a 15 year old girl writing these. lol

althom said:

She sucks unbelievably bad.

The name dropping shit is getting to be really & truly annoying I mean, am I supposed to CARE that these people were there? What's up w/ the music? OY...

Hey i was there I didnt see Lindsay Lohan.....Oh yeah i know why, BECAUSE I WAS WATCHING THE SHOW, and things like that MEAN NOTHING TO ME!!!

This fucking bitch annoys the hell out of me.

Moonbeam said:

Isn't it inevitable that these only interested b/c it's the thing to do right now fans will piss him off by talking on their cell phone or chatting too much? Then what? Will all these no talent whores matter or will the focus shift back to the show?

CalhounSq said:

AMEN!! Annoying and SHALLOW!!! Can we get a group bitch slap up in here?????

And the reports over on Housequake say that the "CELEBS" weren't even LISTENING to the music but on their cell phones.

VAPID CELEBS at PRINCE PARTIES
[Edited 6/17/06 21:30pm]
[Edited 6/17/06 21:32pm]

No wonder I couldn't get a got dayum ticket...my spot was given to some fuckin celeb who spent the night playing "word games." Bollocks.

Sorry can you tell I'm still a little pissed and pouty about the whole thing...


On the bright side, at least VB wrote an entire report without using Princebonics...

jone70 said:

This could all be good news. Maybe it will send Prince into another phase of "weirdness" where, instead of celeb hobbing, he turns up (low key) in obscure clubs and jams with the local catz there. No dancing girls. No pomp and stuff...
Just a man and his music.
[Edited 6/17/06 22:23pm]

anon said:

GAWD, I hope so

CalhounSq said:

Me too. That would be very cool.

Honestly I like hearing who's at these gigs. I'd rather know the setlist though.

althom said:

I think thats the whole point.

I got that email from NPGMC too

lazycrockett said:

Have you noticed that ALL of VB's posts have the same "name-dropping, celebrity-sighting, tabloid-reading" tone? I'm guessing that she was probably "hired" to write just the way she does.

at ya'll! These 3121 Reports have made me from #1.

"Hmmmm...They'll want to hear SOMETHING...Let me drop this name and this name...the rest I'll pull out my ass...okay...DONE!"

...when the fuck are we gonna get some tour dates?!

luv4u said:

Me too. ***DELETE***

I think you all are a little overboard. I simply deleted it. Didn't give it much thought or attention. That name dropping is so boring to me I totally ignore it. It's like when I see the red carpet on TV, immediatlely change the channel.

I think some of you fail to realize that no matter what he says or do, Prince himself is a celebrity and if he gets invited to their party, he is going to expect the exact same treatment (being ushered in first instead of waiting on line).

I never read VB's reports, all I do is read the fans' reports.
[Edited 6/18/06 14:31pm]

Prince charges his fans, the ones who made him what he is over a hundred bucks to see him, but I am quite sure the celebrities got in for free. Now we understand the reality behind the term banished ones. sigh.

2freaky4church1 said:

I have a few questions for you:

You have evidence that these celebrities went free? How you gonna be negative based on information you don't know?

So are fans supposed to go free now? That's the new business model?

luv4u said:

now...that's scary!!!!

They always get in free. You should watch the E channel more.

2freaky4church1 said:

Oh okay, however, just for the record, according to NPGMC the celebrities that were at Butter paid top dollar, much more than the fans, so your statement on Prince letting them in free that night was wrong.
[Edited 6/18/06 14:30pm]

CalhounSq said:

You should save 'em for when you need a quick laugh.

NouveauDance said:

Or for when you need to bring up bad clams.

I'm confused... Should I "flee from idolatry," or open and gush over these email reports???